COMBAT FITNESS: Washington Millennium Centre holds GKR karate sessions for fitness.

More details are available from Jayne Anderson on 0191-219 3881.

SAVE LIVES: Blood can be donated from 2.30pm to 7pm, on Thursday, at Springwell Village Hall.

EDUCATION PRIZE: Great-grandparents Jack, 71, and Ena Davison, 69, from Washington, who are both interested in history, enrolled on a family history course at the Shiney Row Centre and won a £1,000 holiday in the City of Sunderland College's One Fantastic Programme draw.

ARTY TIMES: A watercolour class is held from 2pm to 4pm and 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays at the Biddick Arts Centre. The course costs £40 for 12 weeks. More details are available by calling 0191-319 3455.